Hotel-register and advertising-card cabinet.



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s. DUNCAN. HOTEL REGISTER Arm ADVERTISING CARD CABINET.

(Application led Oct. 9, 1899,)

(No Model.)

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SELDEN DUNCAN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

HOTELWHEGISTER AND ADVERTISING-CARD CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,306, dated January30, 1900.

Application iiled October 9,1899. Serial No. 733,035. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SELDEN DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Antonic, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Hotel- Register and AdvertiSingCard Cabinet,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hotel-registers andadvertising-card cabinets.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofhotel-registers and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveone adapted to contain a large variety of business-cards and display asample of the same and capable of receiving a number of looseregister-sheets and of gradually elevating the same as they areconsumed, so that the top sheet will be supported at the proper height.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying' drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hotel-register andcard-cabinet constructed in accordance with this invention.V

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a desk or cabinet adapted to be rotated to arrange it inthe desired position and provided at its bottom with a suitable socketor opening adapted to receive a pivot 2 of a base 3, which may be of anydesired construction. The pivot 2 extends vertically from the base 3,and the bottom of the frame or cabinet is suitably reinforced at thesocket at t, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanyingdrawings.

The desk or cabinet, which is substantially rectangular in plan view,tapers from the back to the front to provide an inclined top or upperface to arrange the register-sheets 5 in a convenient position forwriting. The top of the desk or cabinet is provided with a rectangularopening or recess 6 for the reception of the registeusheets 5, which arearranged upon a vertically-adjustable support 7, adapted to be elevatedas the registersheets are consumed, so that the top one remaining on thesupport will be arranged at the proper elevation. The opening 6 for theregister-sheets is suitably framed, and the adjustment of the support 7is eected by means of a screw 8 engaging a threaded opening of the fixedportion 9, which may consist of a board, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of theaccompanying drawings, or only a transverse bar may be employed. Ahorizontal slot or aperture is provided at the front of the desk orcabinet at 10 to enable the register-sheets to be readily introducedinto the opening or recess 6, and this aperture is normally closed by aremovable strip or bar 11, provided with a suitable handle 12. .A draweris arranged in the space below the fixed support of the adjusting-screw, which is suitably swiveled at its upper end, and its lowerend, which is provided with a suitable head, is readily accessible whenthe drawer 13 is partially or Wholly removed.

The opening or recess 6 terminates short of the back of the desk orcabinet, which is pro'- vided with a socket or recess 14, located at thehead of the register-sheets and adapted to receive an ink-well. Apen-rack 15 is secured to the back of the desk adjacent to the ink-welland is preferably provided With a pocket or holder 16, adapted toreceive business-cards, circulars, or the like. The front of the pocketis provided with suitable grooves or ways 17, adapted to receive a cardfor indicating the character of the matter contained in the pocket orholder.

At each side of the desk or cabinet is arranged a projecting series ofpigeonholes 18, and an inwardly-offset series of pigeonholes 19 islocated above the pigeonholes 18 and is arranged adjacent to the recessor opening 6, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of theaccompanying drawings. The projecting pigeonholes, which are open attheir outer ends, are adapted to receive business-cards and the like,and the top wall 20 of these pigeonholes 1S forms a convenient supportfor the reception of sample business-cards or name-plates to indicatethe characterof those contained in the various pigeonholes 1S. A

longitudinal strip 21 is secured to the upper IOC ` plates, whereby theyare retained in position,

and a similar strip 21n is arranged at the bottom of the pigeonholes 19to engage the inner edges of the cards or name-plates.

The top 2O of the projecting pigeonholes consists of an extension of thebottom of the pigeonholes 19 and is formed by a board secured to theupper edge of the adjacent side of the desk or cabinet, asclearly'illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. The top 22of the pigeonholes 19 is provided at its upper face with parallellongitudinal strips 23, provided at their inner edges with grooves andadapted to receive cards or name-plates to indicate the contents of thevarious pigeonholes. The inner strips 23 are provided with projectingfianges which extend over the recess or opening for the reception of theregister-sheets, and they are adapted to ret-ain the said sheets in therecess or opening.

The sides of the cabinet or desk are provided With pockets 241, adaptedto contain cards and various other matter and provided with exteriorgrooves or ways for supporting cards or name-plates for indicating thecontents of the pockets. The spaces at opposite sides of the ink-wellare adapted to bear various advertisements. If desired, pigeonholes 26may be provided beneath the advertising-spaces at opposite sides of theink-well, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The projectingpigeonholes and the upper pigeonholes are supported byoppositely-inclined braces 27 and 28, located at the inner and outerfaces of the sides, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings, and having their upper ends located beneath and supporting thebottoms of the said pigeonholes. By this construction the pigeonholes,which lie at opposite sides of the side pieces 29 of the desk orcabinet, are securely held in position and are prevented from sagging.

It will be seen that the revolving hotel-register and card-cabinet issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it presentsan ornamental and attractive appearance, and that the register-sheetsand cards or other contents of the pigeonholes are within convenientreach.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of theappended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

What is claimed is-- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a desk or cabinet rotatably mounted in a horizontalposition and having its top inclined and provided with a recess oropening adapted to receive loose registersheets, a vertically-adjustablesupport arranged within the recess or opening upon which the saidregister-sheets are placed, a removable strip or bar at the front end ofthe top of the desk or cabinet for controlling access to the recess oropening for the registersheets, and means for raising and lowering thesupport for the register-sheets.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a desk orcabinet horizontally disposed and provided with an upper inclined tophaving a recess or `opening for the reception of register-sheets forrecord purposes, and stepped tiers of pigeonholes projecting outwardlyfrom opposite sides of the upper portion of the desk or cabinet andhaving the opening thereof in planes at right angles to the length ofthe desk or cabinet, the-top covering of the pigeonholes forming meansfor holding cards or name-plates, and supplied with retention devices,whereby such cards or name-plates may be easily inspected by the user ofthe register-sheets between them.

3. A desk or cabinet adapted to receive register-sheets and provided atopposite sides with outwardly-projecting pigeonholes open at their outerends, the top of the desk or cabinet and the pigeonholes being similarlyinclined, and said pigeonholes being stepped in a transverse directionto provide distant tiers on each side, the upper covering for thepigeonholes having oppposite grooved retaining devices longitudinallydsposed and opening out at their upper ends for the reception andremoval of cards or name-plates for contiguous arrangement adjacent theregister-sheets, and corresponding to the cards or name-plates inpigeonholes directly underneath.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SELDEN DUNCAN.

Witnesses:

E. P. ROGERS, W. G. MARTIN.

